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Housing: Sol Naciente grand opening May 12 in Fort Morgan

Public welcome at celebration of completion of 50-unit ag-worker housing development

By Jenni Grubbs

Times Staff Writer

Posted:
04/07/2016 03:35:30 PM MDT

Landscaping work has begun at the Sol Naciente housing development, which will hold its grand opening May 12. Pictured here Wednesday, it is located along Linda Street between Railroad and Beaver avenues in Fort Morgan. The new development will offer 50 units of varying sizes for agricultural workers and their families. (Jenni Grubbs / Fort Morgan Times)

The Sol Naciente housing development in east Fort Morgan is getting closer to completed, with the Community Resources & Housing Development Corp. announcing Wednesday its grand opening on May 12.

The public will be welcome at that grand opening from 10 a.m. to noon May 12 at 322 Linda St. in Fort Morgan, according to Carly Johansson, CRHDC director of real estate development.

The construction of the housing project for lower-income agricultural workers and their families is going well, according to CRHDC Project Manager David Maier, with the buildings mostly completed, landscaping underway and work on the playgrounds getting started.

The construction punchlists of final activities to complete are nearly finished, he said Wednesday, and trees will start getting planted today.

Johansson, who visited the Sol Naciente site in Fort Morgan on Wednesday, said she was excited to see the progress and how quickly the construction had come together. She promised that everything will be ready to go for the May 12 grand opening, with the possibility of residents starting to move in by that day.

In the meantime, the application process to live at Sol Naciente and pre-leasing continues for the units there.

Linda Martinez, director of property and asset management for CRHDC, will take appointments for those interested in learning more about that application process and seeking to live at Sol Naciente.

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Prospective residents would have to get at least 65 percent of their household income coming from agricultural labor. For example, workers at Cargill Meat Solutions, Leprino Foods, area dairies and other farm workers might qualify, depending on a number of things, including income.

And even retired farm and dairy workers or agricultural mechanics might qualify under newly revised guidelines for what constitutes agricultural labor, according to Martinez.

There also are requirements for total income, and there will be tax credits available for dependent children who would live in a unit, she said.

But in order to apply, a person has to be 18 years old and be able to provide a birth certificate and Social Security card for verification.

Martinez typically works out of the Workforce Center in Fort Morgan and takes appointments, but she also can be contacted by email at linda@crhdc.org or by calling 303-862-1380.

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